Notes from a conference call with Mary Kay national sales director Pam Shaw. The bottom line: money, recruiting, manipulation. Wash, rinse, repeat. It’s a system and a mindset and not a personality. I believe that success in Mary Kay is Read more…
Today we take a trip down memory lane. Almost three years ago, Harper’s Magazine did an expose on the Mary Kay “opportunity” that ruffled a lot of feathers. The story, The Pink Pyramid Scheme: How Mary Kay Cosmetics Preys on Read more…
Written by Lazy Gardens Mary Kay Ash said, “A woman who will tell her age will tell anything.” She never told her age. She also never mentioned other details that might have interfered with her carefully crafted public image as Read more…
Written by The Scribbler Note: If you haven’t yet read the article, “8 Out of 10 Mary Kay NSDs Are Okay With Lying to Customers,” please do so now, as it will provide you with the necessary background information required Read more…
Written by The Scribbler Yesterday I introduced you to a Facebook community called The Million Dollar Message Listeners (M$M ), run by six top directors who are daughters, sisters, or nieces of National Sales Directors (Kristin Rogers, Jordan Helou Eicher, Read more…
Written by The Scribbler I’m a big fan of the TV show Kitchen Nightmares. It’s an entertaining spectacle where restaurant owners contact professional chef Gordon Ramsay for help in turning their sagging businesses around. One of the first things Chef Read more…
Written by The Scribbler False income claims are the primary recruiting tool used by multi-level marketing companies to lure in new recruits. Mary Kay sales director Roya Mattis loves to say “if she can do it, I can do it Read more…
UPDATE: From July 1, 2011 through January 31, 2012 (7 months), Shelby has ordered less than $11,838 retail ($5,919 wholesale) from Mary Kay. That means her sales per month are less than $1,700 retail, nowhere near what she’d need to Read more…
Written by The Scribbler Last year a book was released titled Ask ME About MARY KAY: The true story behind the bumper sticker on the pink Cadillac, authored by Jackie Brown. Jackie Brown is one of the original consultants who Read more…
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I cannot wait to see next months totals. NSD's must get $100,000 or more in commissions to earn the NSD…
Coral Bliss said the magic word- cultish. Mary Kay is a prime example of a cult.
The prodigal son did return home to that garbage excuse for a school that gives out Cracker Jack box degrees.…
Kimmy spends half of hers each month on balloon arches and custom cookies. The other half is for hair extensions…
Regarding Zac Taylor, does "operations technician" for Marathon Petroleum mean he pumped gas for 3 years after leaving the police…